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Julia DonaldsonJulia Donaldson (born in 1948) is an English writer and playwright living in ...
Jane TaylorJane Taylor (September 23, 1783 - April 13, 1824), was an English poet and ...
John HoskynsSir John Hoskyns (born August 1927) is best known as ...
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift was born at No. 7, Hoey's Court,
Dublin, a...
Joseph HoweJoseph Howe, PC (December 13, 1804 – June 1, 1873) was a ship builder and born ...
John Duncombe For the Church of England Clergyman and writer, see John Duncombe (1729–1786) ...
Joseph WartonJoseph Warton (April, 1722 – February 23, 1800) was an English academic and ...
John Boyle O'ReillyJohn Boyle O'ReillyJohn Boyle O'Reilly (28 June 1844–10 August 1890) was an ...
John LennonJohn Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980), was an English ...
José MartíJosé Julián Martí Pérez (28 January, 1853–19 May 1895) was a leader of the Cuban...
Judith WrightJudith Arundell Wright (31 May 1915—26 June 2000) was an Australian poet, ...
James HetfieldJames Alan Hetfield (born 3 August 1963, Downey, California) is the main ...
John MarstonJohn Marston (baptised October 7, 1576 – June 25, 1634) was an English poet, ...
James DickeyJames Dickey (February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) was a popular United States ...
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine writer. ...
John Hall WheelockJohn Hall Wheelock (September 9, 1886-March 22, 1978) was an American poet. He ...
Joyce KilmerAlfred Joyce Kilmer (6 December 1886 – 30 July 1918) was an American journalist,...
John MasefieldJohn Edward Masefield, OM, (1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967), was an English poet and ...
James MerrillPoet James Merrill, age 30, in a 1957 publicity photograph for The ...
John KeatsKeats' grave in Rome John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February ...
Jacqueline CareyJacqueline Carey (born 1964 in Highland Park, Illinois) is an author and ...
John PhilipsJohn Philips (December 30, 1676 – February 15, 1709) was an eighteenth century ...
John DruryJohn Drury (b. 4 January 1927) is a retired anchorman from Chicago, IL. He ...
Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison, the "Kit-cat portrait", circa 1703–1712, by Godfrey ...
James ShirleyJames Shirley (or Sherley) (September 1596 – October 1666), was an English drama...
John UpdikeJohn Hoyer Updike (born March 18, 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania) is an ...
John ClareJohn Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet, in his time ...
Joseph CampbellJoseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American ...
James ThomsonJames Thomson (11 September 1700 – 27 August 1748) was a Scottish poet and ...
John AgardJohn Agard (born June 21, 1949) is a playwright, poet, and children's writer ...
Joyce GrenfellJoyce Irene Grenfell, OBE (née Phipps; 10 February 1910 – 30 November 1979) was ...
James Elroy FleckerJames Elroy Flecker (November 5, 1884- January 3, 1915) was an English poet, ...
Jack PrelutskyJack Prelutsky (born September 8, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American ...
John AskhamBorn in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, on July 25, 1825, John Askham had ...
James JoyceJames Augustine Aloysius Joyce (Irish Séamus Seoighe; 2 February 1882 – 13 ...
John FullerJohn Fuller (born 1 January 1937) is an English poet and author, and Fellow ...
Judith ViorstJudith Viorst (born February 2, 1931) is an American author, newspaper ...
James Whitcomb RileyJames Whitcomb Riley (Greenfield, Indiana, October 7, 1849 - July 22, 1916) was ...
John OldhamJohn Oldham (1592–1636) was an early Puritan settler in Massachusetts. ...
J. Milton HayesJohn Milton Hayes (1884 - 1940), better known as J. Milton Hayes, was an English...
Jenny JosephJenny Joseph (born 7 May 1932) is an English poet. Her poem Warning ("When I am ...
John Godfrey SaxeJohn Godfrey Saxe (June 2, 1816 – 1887) was an American poet perhaps best known ...
John DowlandJohn Dowland (1563 – buried February 20, 1626) was an English composer, singer, ...
John BerrymanJohn Allyn Berryman (originally John Allyn Smith) (October 25, 1914 – January 7,...
John LydgateJohn Lydgate of Bury (c. 1370 – c. 1451) was a monk and poet, born in ...
John MiltonJohn Milton (December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674) was an English poet, ...
Julia Ann. Moore"Literary is a work very difficult to do" — Julia Ann Moore, the ...
Jeffrey McDanielJeffrey McDaniel (born 1967 in Philadelphia) is a slam poet who has performed in...
John DrydenJohn Dryden (August 19 [O.S. August 9] 1631 – May 12 [O.S. May 1] 1700) ...
James MacphersonJames MacphersonJames Macpherson (October 27, 1736 – February 17, 1796) was a ...
Julia Ward HoweJulia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was a prominent ...
John Arthur PhillipsCarole Gerson (Canadian Poetry From the Beginnings Through the First World War ...
John TodhunterJohn Todhunter (December 30, 1839 - October 25, 1916) was an Irish poet and ...
John WebsterJohn Webster (c. 1580 – c. 1634) was an English Jacobean dramatist, a late ...
John BunyanJohn Bunyan.John Bunyan (November 28, 1628 – August 31, 1688), a Christian ...
Joseph Warren BeachAfter taking his M.A. and Ph.D. at Harvard University, Joseph Warren Beach ...
James FentonJames Fenton (born April 25, 1949, Lincoln, England) has been, at various times,...
James I, of ScotlandJames I (December 10, 1394 – February 21, 1437) was nominal King of Scots from ...
John ClevelandJohn Cleveland (June 16, 1613 - April 29, 1658) was an English ...
Joni MitchellJoni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a Canadian...
John LylyJohn Lyly (Lilly or Lylie) (c. 1553 or 1554 – November 1606) was an English ...
Jane KenyonJane Kenyon (May 23, 1947 - April 22, 1995) was an American poet and translator....
John NewtonJohn Newton (July 24, 1725 – December 21, 1807) was an Anglican ...
John Davidson
John Davidson (April 11, 1857 – March 23, 1909), Scottish poet and playw...
June JordanJune Jordan was born in Harlem to Jamaican immigrant parents. Her father, ...
Joshua SylvesterJoshua Sylvester (1563- 28 September 1618) was an English poet. He was the son ...
John PierpontJohn Pierpont (1785 - 1866), poet, born at Litchfield, Connecticut, was ...
John Cooper ClarkeJohn Cooper Clarke at Bedford Rhythm Festival, 2006.John Cooper Clarke (born ...
John William BurgonJohn William Burgon (August 21, 1813 - August 4, 1888), English divine, was ...
John Howard PayneJohn Howard Payne (9 June 1791 - 10 April 1852) was an American actor and ...
James StephensJames Stephens (February 9, 1882–December 26, 1950) was an Irish novelist and ...
J. S. MartinezJ. S. Martinez served in the British Honduras Territorial Force in World War I. ...
John BetjemanJohn Betjeman CBE (28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer and...
Joseph LanglandJoseph Langland is an American poet. He was born in Spring Grove, Minnesota, on ...
James K. BaxterJames Keir Baxter (June 29, 1926—October 22, 1972) was a New Zealand poet, and a...
John AshberyAshbery was born in Rochester, New York and raised on a farm near Lake Ontario; ...
J. E. BallPoems
A Sestina of Memories
The Violin ...
John WilbyeJohn Wilbye (baptized 7 March 1574, d. September 1638) was an English madrigal ...
James WrightJames Arlington Wright (December 13, 1927 – March 25, 1980) was a Pulitzer
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John McCraeLieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCraeLieutenant Colonel John Alexander ...
James Leigh HuntJames Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 – August 28, 1859) was an English ...
John KendallJohn Wilkerson Kendall (June 26, 1834 - March 7, 1892) was a U.S. Representative...
J. R. R. TolkienJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an ...
John WesleyJohn Wesley (June 28 [O.S. June 17] 1703 – March 2, 1791) was an ...
Jeremy ReedJeremy Thomas Reed (born June 15, 1981 in San Dimas, California) is an American ...
John GayJohn Gay (30 June 1685 - 4 December 1732) was an English poet and ...
John SkeltonJohn Skelton (c. 1460 – June 21, 1529), English poet, is variously asserted to ...
James BeattieProfessor James Beattie (October 25, 1735, Laurencekirk—August 18, 1803, ...
James MontgomeryJames Montgomery (November 4, 1771 - April 30, 1854) was a British editor and ...
John HegleyJohn Hegley (born 1 October 1953) is a popular English performance poet, ...
Joseph SkipseyJoseph Skipsey (1832 - September 3, 1903) was a British poet, born near North ...
James McIntyreJames McIntyre (baptised 25 May 1828 – 31 March 1906), called The Cheese Poet,
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Joseph BrodskyJoseph Brodsky (May 24, 1940 – January 28, 1996), born Iosif Aleksandrovich ...
John ReibetanzJohn Reibetanz has published five collections of poetry. The most recent, Mining...